CVE-2005-0256
N/A
Published: February 25, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWu Ftpd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
The wu_fnmatch function in wu_fnmatch.c in wu-ftpd 2.6.1 and 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion by recursion) via a glob pattern with a large number of * (wildcard) characters, as demonstrated using the dir command.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (15)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SCO
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.63/SCOSA-2005.63.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00637342Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/14411Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/18210Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/19561Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101699-1Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57795-1Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-705Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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